William

[William @williamboe89]

Silence the brain, keep it in the present

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Life gets better once you finally become honest with yourself and hit yourself with the painful truths:

You are poor because you didn’t bother taking financial risks ten years ago;

you are low-energy because you didn’t bother changing your lifestyle ten years ago;

you are lonely because you didn’t bother investing in relationships with thoughtful people ten years ago;

you are unattractive because you didn't bother treating yourself with attention and care ten years ago;

you are insecure because you didn’t bother following through the efforts you started ten years ago;

you are confused because you didn’t bother investing in your own mind ten years ago;

you are angry because you didn’t bother listening to the feedback from reality ten years ago;

you are unlucky because you didn’t bother thinking deeply before making your big decisions ten years ago of where to live, what to work on, and who to spend your time with.

[Hasan Toor @hasantoxr]

Coding games are the best way to learn coding.

From CSS, Python, JavaScript to Blockchain.

Here are 10 of the BEST online games to learn coding:

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

If you don't have an opinion, resist the pressure to have one.

[Hunter Kallay @lazukars]

Canva is outdated.

Microsoft introduced an AI Designer that uses AI and is free.

Here's how to create unique designs in just a few seconds:

[Adarsh Chetan @AdarshChetan]

Forget ChatGPT, It costs $20/M to use.

Here are 7 alternatives to you use GPT-4 for free.

Open 🧵

[FELIX @FellMentKE]

Remotask aside, there are many websites for making money online and getting paid in USD as long as you have a laptop. You can also make more than $200 per day using ChatGPT. Remotasks are overrated. I want to share some websites here.

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[Rishabh @Rixhabh__]

Learning coding can be difficult.

In fact, 99% of people don't know where to start.

This website will tell you exactly what to learn in the right order:↓

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Just finished this book - Bad Therapy by @AbigailShrier

This is one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read. It's a must read for any parent, any teacher, and should be required reading for any school administrator as well.

The book dives into trying to figure out why kids are having so many mental health problems, when there are so many resources devoted to improving mental health outcomes.

Anxiety, depression, suicide, etc are all higher than they've ever been with kids, even though their lives are arguably better than ever before. It just doesn't make sense.

A few key takeaways from the book:

A constant attention on how kids are "feeling" or "thinking" is causing negative outcomes.

Constantly ruminating on your emotions and how you feel negatively impacts your mental health. If all you do is focus on your emotions, you are destined to be anxious or depressed.

We incessantly ask kids how they're feeling, if they're happy, how their mental health is, etc, and this is creating kids who think they're fragile instead of resilient.

Trying to solve every problem for kids has caused a generation who can't do anything for themselves.

We (Gen X) were told to "suck it up" or "you'll live" or "rub some dirt on it" all the time. Many of us came to the conclusion this is "bad parenting" because our feelings were neglected, and we vowed not to do this to our own children.

Because of that, kids immediately over-dramatize everything that happens to them, making mountains out of molehills, and thinking the world must revolve around their emotions and feelings.

You develop confidence and strong mental health by doing things, not by thinking or via therapy.

You can't think your way out of anxiety. You don't gain confidence by analysis of your thoughts or mental health issues.

You gain confidence and eliminate anxiety by doing gradually more difficult tasks, excelling at them, and realizing you are a competent, capable person.

The non-stop attention therapy gives to these small, common emotions we all feel blows them out of proportion to their seriousness (not talking about genuine disorders here, just normal anxieties that millions of people go to therapy to try to avoid).

One of the best ways to decrease your happiness is to chase it.

Our society constantly tells kids they should be "happy" and asks them if they are.

Happiness isn't a state you should be in 24/7. That's not realistic. Joy and bliss aren't permanent states - they are fleeting.

Contentment, stillness, and being even-keeled are much better goals to aim for mentally.

The happiest, most well adjusted kids come from families with loving parents that have strict rules for the household.

This one really set off the confirmation bias in me... I feel really blessed we have 2 well adjusted middle school kids who do great in school, are very respectful and well mannered, and we barely even need to parent them.

But for years, we were very strict with them. Bedtimes, family rules, how we do things, etc. The in-laws and lots of friends thought we were totalitarian.

In reality, we just had high standards. And it's really paying off right now. I found it really interesting that strict rules equals happy kids. Makes sense, though, as kids need to know what their boundaries are.

Constantly surveying school-age kids about their mental health causes more issues than it solves.

Mental health resources is big money. Districts need to validate all the resources allocated towards mental health, and they often do that via surveys.

Asking kids non-stop questions like:

- Have you thought about self harm?
- Have you thought about suicide?
- Have you been so anxious you can't get out of bed?

Etc, etc puts into their heads the idea that themselves, or many of their peers are broken and cannot function properly in the real world.

It normalizes situations that would be incredibly rare at any other time in history.

There's a lot of other takeaways, too, but I'll stop there.

It's a fantastic book. Go pick it up and read it. This isn't an affiliate thing or a promotion thing at all. I just really enjoyed it, and it will further shape the way I parent moving forward.

[Adarsh Chetan @AdarshChetan]

10 crazy websites to pass the time when bored (all free):

Save it for later 👇

[Fernando Cao @thefernandocz]

I’m 24.

I used to be stressed out of my mind and wasted years of my life making the wrong decisions.

Then I spent 100+ hours studying Charlie Munger’s letters to learn his mental models on decision making.

Here’s what I found:

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

A few ideas I can't stop thinking about:

[Logan Storti @loganstorti]

3.2 billion people use Chrome as their browser…

But no one knows all the best extensions Chrome has to offer.

Here are 13 extensions that you shouldn't live without…

[William @williamboe89]

@IncomeSharks Finally we start moving up 👍

[Andrew Gazdecki @agazdecki]

You don’t need to build a billion dollar startup to be successful.

If you’re happy and able to pay your bills you’ve won the game.

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

A few facts about life you need to hear.

Whether you want to or not: 🧵

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

65 things you should NEVER do in life and business:

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Should be taught to all at a young age

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

You don’t deserve more just because you had a more difficult past.

Stop self-victimizing, start taking responsibility.